How much sugar (by weight) is in my sugar syrup (by volume)?

[Wombat2]

I lost count the number of times I made Syrup BP as a young Pharmacist Trainee - Syrup is 2/3 by weight sugar - 1/3 by weight water - heat gently with constant stirring until boiling and all sugar is dissolved.

[L Daxon]

First of all, let me say I haven't fed my bees anything in 3 years.  I just make sure they have plenty of their own produce left on the hive in the fall and I hold a super or two of extra frames back in the freezer in case a hive or two looks short in late winter or early spring.  Or if I have any extra bottled honey left in Feb or March, I may open feed it back to the girls on days where temps are in 60 or higher.

That being said, back when I did feed, I didn't get hung up on exact measurements.  They will take about whatever mixture you put together, if there isn't enough for them to forage in nature.  Yes, you want the feeding syrup to be a little thicker in the fall so they can fan the moisture out of it quicker and not have too much hive humidity going into winter, but other than knowing it should be thicker when feeding to develop winter stores, I don't see why your measurements need to be so precise.  You are making too much work for your self.

I am a lazy beekeeper (ala Michael Bush's model) and I think my hives are the better for it.

[ugcheleuce]

Yes, you want the feeding syrup to be a little thicker in the fall so they can fan the moisture out of it quicker and not have too much hive humidity going into winter, but other than knowing it should be thicker when feeding to develop winter stores, I don't see why your measurements need to be so precise.

I agree.  However, as I think I said before, although I can see the difference (visually) between 1:4 and 4:1 syrup, I can't see the difference (using only my eyes) between 1:2 and 2:1 syrup, unless I have a jar of each sitting right next to each other.